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Liasis mackloti is currently recognized as three subspecies (L. m. savuensis, L. m. dunni and L. m. mackloti ) inhabiting several islands of the Outer and Inner Banda Arc of islands of Indonesia's Lesser Sundas Archipelago. We used partial mitochondrial cytbchrome b sequences an…

Cooperation between animals seems counter to natural selection, as we must explain why one animal helps another at an apparent cost to itself. Cooperation between males represents even more of an evolutionary puzzle since sexual selection theory predicts males should compete vig…

All animals must make decisions every day and often these decisions are directly linked to fitness outcomes, meaning better decisions are expected to be associated with higher fitness. Rapid decisions between alternative strategies allow animals to behave more appropriately for …